Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-10-25
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES.
rcLlIR's rEpioREE AND ifisron,. -
rArISfrIA WINS RAcr.---srEEp FROM
ImE MARE on STALLION .-auALirirs
WINCH ZACH TRANSMIT.

In mentioning ,hs horses exhibited a.
the county fair. NO briefly spoks OF tho
excellent showing Of colts made by Eelair,
the popular Knox stallion owned by q.
W. Kimball Of Rumford. As his pop
ulariiy seem. TO be increasing from year
TO year, and hi. colts continue 10 win
fre,h laurels on the track. and readily
sell for high prices In the market. We
,hink Is may be interesting In this coz.
nee,ion 10 give fe~ moic facts ia rel..
,ioa 10 ,hi. horse. bis breeding and indi.
,idasl ql,lids'. ani the qualities OF his
get
Thcs, ~ho have ssea any eoasiltsAbls
number Of the gs, Of Bclair, mus, have
remarked on the superiority OF their style
and fiai.h over the average OF tbs de-
.esndani. Of Gen. Knox. They slso have
more spirit and nerve force and |. E:lsir
him,elfi. smooth. well.hnished aad
spirited horse. IL "a e,iden, ,ha, we mus,
look To hi, dam a. being the soa'cs from
which have come inany Of those valuable
qualities which We had IN Eclsir aad his
offspring.
a. is we'll known. he !, son OF Gen.
Knox. the .lrc Of more fA., ,ro.ier' than
any other hoiss ,ha, ever ,fod the soil OF
the Pine Tree State, bat no, noted |.
being the cir, Of ransy, elean.eai, high.
lived gen,lsmsa'. rcad',srs. The dam Of
Ecl.ir was by the Menow horse. which
va. q son Of wi,herell and out OF mare
Of Morgan descent. wi,herell was ~,
BY Winthrop Messenger. and was also
on, OF Morgan mare. and horsemsn IA.
mili.r With the history Of Maine horses,
are aware Of the fact ,ha, many Of the
h.nd.ome.. and finest road.ters aud ,ro'-
,er ever raised 10 ,hi. State were prodae.
ed by union Of the old.,ims Messenger
and Morgan blood. I, will thus be seen
,ha, EclAtr'. proseni,or on both sides
were PRODUCERS of.peed. and on hi' dam ,
eide wsre producer, Of fine form and
eoarsge; sni as he himself is both =
,ro,,sr and an attractive looking horse.
/, !. no. 10 be wondered at. when We
consider the subject on all sides. thu, his
progeny are possessed Of such uniform
excellence.
Eel,ir va. fo.lsd in 1870. and was
bred by wm. and A. \. Parker. skow.
he,.n. lie va. sold 10 1876 to ullsn
Howe Of Hanover. and by him to his
pre,en, owner. When We compare his
.usce,s in the stud With other sires
,hrougkog, the State. !, should be remsm.
bered that bis advantages have been com.
p.r.,ivsly poor {. regards the number OF
GOOD mares bred 20 him, /. the section
In which he has stood has no: been de-
voted 90 largely to producing foe horses
a. have many other Realities. such a.
Buekdsli. Can,oa. Norway. etc. Hat
how msay stations in Oiiord County can
.ho~ more ,rDiisr ,haa he cam IL 10
true he has bat one in the $50 liz, (Nins.
2:22I) bat VIA, horse hA. morr' 0Jp'y
" bred by Marble 4 Pierce, by Eel.ir'
dam Fanny Pa,ehsn. showed a trial 10
$50 whsr hre years old. and would
doubles, have 20, record IN ,ha, 'ime'
had she no, been 'old; while the two.
year.old. shown by him this year aud
ia., are among the fastest. May Bee,
owned by ID. A. Coffin. and Me,AllAk'
owned by Marble and Pierce. both 20.
records las, year Of half in l32. aud
,Li, year ID. A.C has trO,ied equally a'
fast. while many fa': ones have been
sold snd gone away.
Th.yer lIros' Fa,iniiri recently won
a race a, the Top.h.m fair. taking Sec
ond, third and fourth heats. after losing
the frs, In 2;3o. Her best time was
2:i3. Her saees. 10 this race elected
much praise from those present. bat she
really did not tfo. % fast q race a. al
the Andro.cossin County fair. Al that
fair. while she failed to win = heat. she
Tapped ou, the winner in every heat, all
Of whi:h were uo,,ed In from 2;J5a 10
e:ss. Bat II she had won the race aud
no, iro,ted . heat better than 2;i5. al
would have though, itagreatperformanee
We hear the remark made by persons
Interested In breeding the uo,isr. that
they would prefer to breed from q fast
mare aud . slow horse. rather than from
q i.s, horse and slow mare. This does
very we'll for talk but = glance at the
breeding Of the tastes, ,ro,tsr through
ou, the land, reveals the fact that by far
a larger number OF grea, performers have
been produced from ordinary mares bred
10 ,ro,iing s,Allioss. than from fast 'ro,-
ting mares bred to ordinary s,allion'. 1t
/. a noteworthy fact ,hA, large pro-
por,ion Of the dam. Of ,ro,ier., while no,
noted ior gres, speed. have been noted
for nerve force. pluck and endaranee,-
qualities mos, often transmitted by the
mare. while the gsi, and ,rO,iing instinct
/, oftenes, determined by the stslliSa.
I, /. also q fac, tha, the greatest sifes oi
,ro,,ers have had for their dams mares
distinguished more for their great nerv-
on. energy than for their ,ro,,ins quail
titles.
Lady Patriot. the dam Of Volunteer
was - nervous and hishsuung {. 10
render her unfit for carriage use. Toe
dam Of the great Elsciioneer. sire OF
phenomenal col, performers. was not
gifted with speed to any greA, extent.
ba, va. 90 hish.ksysd as u make !, next
TO impos,ibls to break her. Dolly Spank
er. dam Of Geo. Wilkes. Was noted for
her great courage and endurance on the
road. The dam Of Maud s. was not
known to be very fast, and the dam oi
ysy.Eye-See was never broken to harness.
The dam Of the f.s, and beautiful tro'.
ter Ethan Allen. 2;l5 with running mate,
Was a small, spawned gray mare Of ua'
known breeding.
In our Own State We have for the dam
Of Names pet tro,tsr. Jack spnti, a
chunky. built mare. Of Morgan descent,
bu, not speedy. Skip. the dam Of Glen.
arm, 2:23}. and Independence. 2:2l?,
was no, known to be possessed Of grea,
amount Of speed, although |, !, said %
have taken god one TO lead her on the
road. The. dam Of Baby Dean. trial
2.20. Robert d., 2;36t. and Black
Moose, 2:53. was no tro,tsr. but va,
high.sirung and willful. S,arssz.'s